- Date
- September 20, 1975
- Place
- Heber City, UT · HEBER CITY, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4KXBerkshire 70
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750920031729A
- Case key
- 151217
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3061 75/9/20 HEBER CITY,UT BERKSHIRE 70 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 26, 182 TIME - 1415 N4KX PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 48 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HEBER VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HEBER CITY,UT RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUTTER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 60 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- GLIDER FLOWN AT REDLINE AIRSPEED.AERODYNAMIC FLUTTER OCCURRED.PLT PARACHUTED OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4KX
- Reported as
- Berkshire 70
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Heber Valley
N4KXRegistration cancelled Nov 14, 1975 · Berkshire Mfg. CONCEPT 70Airframe modelBerkshire Mfg. CONCEPT 70
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.